BY DAN VALENTI

PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY

(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY MARCH 7, 2018) — What is it about Tyler Street that draws the worst out of mayor Linda Tyer? Last year saw an alley covered by umbrellas and the infamous $6,000 trash cans. This year it looks like it will be …

The latest brainstorm to leap half-baked from the underwhelming mayor’s overtaxed noggin is to incorporate a theme of stained glass on the Blighted Mile. THE PLANET suggests a row of upside-down umbrellas with its folding sections made out of stained glass. They can be used for the tons of garbage that the denizens and critters use to line the Tyler sidewalks and streets.

Stained glass. How about strained glass, since its more than a bite or bit of stretch to link that particular craft form with the defrocked church and outhouses lining the street’s north side? Nice to see that “Stained Glass” Tyer obviously thinks that adding powdered sugar to the veneer of crumbling Tyler Street is a more important problem that finding consolidation for the upcoming FY’19 budget, a spending disaster that will see — prediction! — the corrupt and ineffective Pittsfield School Department walk away with more than $110 million counting operating costs, transportation (busses), health insurance and other benefits, plus maintenance. Of course, as you know from reading THE PLANET, JIV-Behneke & Co. will hide between $40 and $50 million of that in the city side portion of the budget.

Think of how lovely Hess Forst will look when stained glass replaces the plywood, graffiti, and bullet holes. The former Dairy Queen can offered stained-glass Dilly bars. Zenner’s can give stained-glass chips to every druggie and wino. Losing Lottery tickets can be collected and assembled into a collage resembling stained glass. Tyer can visit this spring for a photo op with a stained-glass IUD. Kufflinks can wear a bow tie with a stained-glass motif.

Oh, and the mayor wants to get the artists involved in all important decision making. For example, she’ll ask the resident feminist-butch-dyke man hater who’s Piss Christs are supported by city taxpayers for input on “How to Sellabrate Diversity” on Indigenous People’s Day … and other such vital organs.

Both women–Dina Guiel and Helen Moon came out of nowhere.
Neither of them ever came to City Council Meetings before election. None of them ever filed any Petition asking anything.
They both appeared on Political stage only after John Krol asked them to run for City Councilors to secure Linda Tyer’s majority.
Both of them bring absolute Nothing into City’s progress since, none of them has business/corporate experience.
They both simply Dem/Liberal/Progressive activist supporting Linda Tyer’s/John Krol/Pete Marchette camp.

The lovely Linda Tyer is to blame for all of Pittsfield problems! Prior to her becoming the Mayor of Pittsfield politics, the city had abundant living wage jobs, a growing tax base, a healthy population of taxpaying residents and small business owners, first-rate public schools, low per capita welfare caseloads, low crime rates, and a bustling revitalized downtown full of cultural venues.

Then came the lovely Linda! Over the past 26-months, everything went wrong in Pittsfield! All of the living wage jobs left at once, the tax base shrunk, thousands of people moved out of town, the public school system failed, poverty and welfare caseloads grew, crime also grew, and downtown Pittsfield became a dangerous place most people avoid if the can.

To be concise: Before Linda = Utopian Pittsfield; After Linda = Dystopian Pittsfield.

Reply to Hugh Janos. …only supposed to write negative things on this website?
OK. Let me write positive things then:
Linda Tyer is the best Mayor in raising city’s taxes,
raising water and sewer rates,
overspending tax-payers money,
raising City’s budget to the sky limits,
appointing her friends and supporters to all Committees,
ignoring common sense, abandoning road repairs,
not plowing snow on City’s bridges,ignoring residents opinion not to have new garbage toters, ignoring new lower Fed regulations on Water and Sewer projects. She is the best among arrogant Dem/Liberal lunies.

Nashville Tennesee Mayor Megan Barry has affair while married,nude pics confiscated,fleeced taxpayers out of 10 g with illegal trips, son dies of drug overdose in Colorado, lover was getting double the allotted overtime. Man, why did people elect this fool?

First project should be focused on clearing the Hess Forest – the West anchor of Tyler and both sides of PEDA – the East. Get rid of the obscene graffiti and restore those sites to at least visually neutral.I generally find that redesigning works not with addition of mish-mash ungoverned by policy or focus but through organization and simplification. I would think that tax clerk and an accountant would lean towards a strategic approach.

I think they should move the airport to Tyler street. Then all the kids could watch the planes come and go. And yes of course move the Hess complex to the PEDA site where it could prosper and grow and perhaps become both a tourist attraction and an economic engine. Now that that pesky Walmart project has gone by the wayside we can up our expectations skyward.

Please,Im begging you to stop saying the Lovely Linda…not funny and not witty not anything but dopey.Mayor Tyer told this voter she could run the finances better than Bianchi.Mayor Tyer is overwhelmed by how to run a budget or department heads.Tell McCandless you need to cut 4%ffrom last years budget.He cant ,he does not have the ability all other department heads in Pittsfield have faced.Tell him he cant go on tv and radio and whine.Tyer would go on the media and explain why it needed to be done

They could cut the support personnel, the make work nepotismal staffing if you will, by 33% and save 3 million dollars off the top with no productivity lost at all. There is so much dead wood lying around that it is a fire hazard. It is called downsizing and it is done at all companies about to go bankrupt…just like Pittsfield is. It is also called survival for those who care to think in those terms.

What is the sports Budget and all extracurricular, it should be pay as you go,buy your own pads and instruments,batts bawls, you get the gist. No more free fancee gizmos for kids either,stipends for coaches should be free like little league and baby roots.

No wonder the Wizard wanted the consultant fired along with the former Commisioner, and now Turocy. But the biggest problem was the Seven that wanted to go forward with the financing of the project.l

Gaetani and Planet have stated, here and the News Hour, no real questions and NO knowledge of the effect on the tax rate for the water-sewer? What is that? These seven are now going to approve anything Tyer puts forward.

Evidently, there will be no questioning or transparency. They are now in line with the School Committee philosophy, an example, approve the nine million to the consultant for using the existing City Drawings was preposterous. The City should get their money refunded.

Imagine if Turocy spoke to the Wizard like he did to City Councilor Connell,concerning questioning about the potholes, he’d be out on his ass. It is you’re fault Commisioner period, potholes not being filled,are you’re fault! And Gaetani would have fired you.

Raises for anyone employed by a city should be based on the financial well being of the city and the general wealth of the taxpayers. If Pittsfield’s teachers feel that they are underpaid they should seek employment elsewhere. Lenox had an ad in the Eagle today looking for teachers.

What’s up at the Beagle? That liberal rag actually produced an editorial encouraging Liz Warren, the fake Indian, to take a DNA test! The Beagle even got a shout-out from Howie Carr for taking such a bold stance! Maybe they’re throwing their support behind Deval “the devil” Patrick, who is considering a presidential run. Good grief – you Dems have a pathetic group of wannabees.

After watching the questioning at the
Ast C C meeting there isn’t anymore ignorant questions than what Percept asked the other night, almost as bad as the former sauce toatler Cockeyed Doyle, where does that buffoon do his drinking nowadays?

JIV wants a million for therapeutics. The Mayor is at the meeting, she should tell them no way, right there. What do you think Gaetani would do, or anyone who sees the money just isn’t there. Fix the roads,roads Trump Schools over budgeted at Election time.

When JIV is answering questions from this Mayor and when he is complimenting the Finance Directors presentation, it’s right there that the Poet’ has earned his Title …. Master Bullshitter of the Pittsfield Public Schools.

Breast miIk and feeding mechanism is on the agenda at the human rights commission, city council president Marchetti is in attendance. Please don’t tell the Wizard, we need to keep him Focused on the current water issues. You heard it correctly, Human Rights is talking about formula feeding and the cost also.

The city councilors have no problem grilling Public works with question and letting him know they think he’s doing a lousy job.The Department head McCandless shoes up and lies to them and they tell him hes doing great with what he has to work with .WTF is that….tell this pompous department head to cut spending and get rid of Crosby and PHS as they are costing millions every year to just to emergency repairs.Consolidation takes years….9k students to 5 k

Ruberto started the “taxing for pork projects syndrome” and it was so popular among special interest folk that all mayors since then have glommed onto the idea thereby garnering themselves big favors in return.

If there is no one on the council to stand up up for the taxpayers prepare to lose everything you have worked for. Or, give yourself a chance and move away from the ship that is about to hit an iceberg.

Did anyone see the video of Meryl Streep at an awards show several years ago gushing over Harvey Weinstein. First, she calls him God and then laughing so hard she can barely speak she calls him the “punisher” which, now that we know his history with women, is very chilling.

Hollywood has now supposedly seen the light and is all grown up now and sorry for their previous bad behavior toward women. Look how Hollywood and the liberal media treated Sara Palin. It was truly disgusting. They can look down their noses at Donald Trump because they consider themselves so superior now.

Same with the gun issue, Hollywood (all Progressives) is armed to the teeth to protect themselves. Did anyone see all the security at the Oscars? Not to mention having their own private security guards to protect themselves and their property, but they have no problem with supporting a push by many on the left to eat away at the 2nd Amendment. Only “special” people should be able to protect themselves?

The Mayor was on a more important venture, a Cooking Show. I think she missed her calling, she was slicing and dicing, she look fabulous, the woman she was with was a true professional, I’ve seen her Show before and like her very much, her show is about cooking and she’s good at it.

The Lovely Linda has nothing to worry about,Kufflinks has everything under control, if her cooking career doesn’t pan out, Kufflinks can lighten the load by continuing to do th heavy work.

On the next episode of money grabbing,Jiv, (who by the way always comes back for more and it still won’t be enough) the Chef will pander to his every whim, having flashbacks of being a former pool secretary and give in again. Therapeutics in schools is the new investment, probably will be another form of some sort of subsidy by the taxpayers, where do they come up with these programs,it’s all babysitting to me.

So, although we have a Champion here in Mr. Valenti, try to relate one’s passion by commenting, whether it be stained glass umbrellas,,garbage cans, boilers for private held companies,tifs for millionaires, and even pay increases for city employees and easy health insurance for everyone, incompetent department heads overseeing 70 million dollar projects at a time, or advocating for the people’smega art to be sold for for millions because of more bad management.

This current giveaway for a new Water Plant isn’t going to fly either,this Gaetani has this overblown project’s sight right in his eyes.

I understand Gaetani boils oil and likes his food crisp,similar to the way he fried the Council and Mayor’s project at the last City Meeting. Maybe the mayor can do a cooking show with the Master Gaetani, while he’s boiling her in oil he’ll be cutting up cucumbers.

As pence looks foolishly on trump exposes how layoffs occurred when importing steel was the game and yet while they were wring off steel workers the same trump bought that steel way below American steel costs. The mans a hippocrat.

Imagine, the Mayor goes on a cooking show but wouldn’t go on the Planet’s Hour back in the day. So now,the other Show…… G N H,has changed the formula, the G-Man is coming to you Mayor and The Seven Dwarfs,and it won’t be in a Theatre near you,but at the Public Forum where Liberty and free Speech are accepted, and where the Oath of office ‘Are’challenged and participation by the taxpayer, and not just back door verbage and that will discontinue. More to come, clean the pans, wash the sink set the plates. Gaetani is Coming!

Here’s what’s sticking in my craw today…So this big press conference is being held Friday at City Hall with Governor Baker (election year) Congressman Neal (still trying to appease criticism of ignoring the Berkshires) and Mayor ( stranger to city hall employees) Tyer all getting together to pat themselves on the back and tout how wonderful they all are that construction will begin on the Berkshire Innovation Center. This project has been a total farce so far, taking 5 years for a shovel to hit the ground after 9 million dollars was already in hand. The whole project is an historic example of how if you want something done, keep the government out of it. And yet Friday we will hear how this a great example of how the government can work for the people and provide economic development for the future, when all it has really shown is epic incompetence. When the Government liars are saying “What a great day for Pittsfield!” It’s beleaguered taxpayers are saying “Too little, too late!”

Total farce indeed. You’ve hit the nail on the head Two Cents. I totally agree with everything you’ve said. I was outraged to hear that they are actually going to begin this project – what a total waste of taxpayer money. I would love to show up and be a heckler – but I have to work tomorrow to keep making more money and pay more taxes to support all the layabouts and corrupt politicians.

……..Let’s not think that the Planet evolved overnIght. The man is the best kept secret in New England, except to those who truly know his History. All of the past thirty years plus,probably more years, here, his Philosphy has always been transparency.

……… Through the years, and many years, the Planet has survived one confrontation after the other, and always winning because he very seldom, or never at all, did not speak the truth. The Planet has seen them come and go. He still stands. And I stand with him, and his delightfully popular, free blog!